Clamp.



F. B. 000K.

OLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED 8EPT.21,1B08.

Patented Mar. 2. 1909.

WITNESSES.

gjii mz FRANK B. COOK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

OLAIEP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 2, 1809.

Application died September 91, 1808. Serial No. 464,101.

To all whom it my concern:

Be it known that. I, FRANK 13. Upon, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chico in the county of Cook and btute of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Clamp, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, illustrating same.

My invention relates to clamps for clampin ropes or strands therein.

he principal objects of my invention are, to rovide a clamp which has increased hol ing power over clamps heretofore used, and to provide simplicity of construction in such a clamp.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the clump of the invention, showing a pair of strands clamped therein; Fig. 2 is a to view of the lower clamping member of Fig. 1, with the upper clamping member and the head of the clamping bolt removed, showing the strands in the position shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an end elevation of one of the clamping members shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modified form of the clamp of this invention.

Like characters refer to like parts in the several figures.

The claim comprises two similar an":- larly-shape clamping members 1 1 )laced together as shown in Fig. 1, and :1 oh; 2 extending through the members 1 1. Each clamping member 1 has a hole 3 therein forming a yoke to receive the extensions 4 4 of the other clam ing member 1, as shown in Fig. 1. Th? ihrmation of the portions 4 4 is shown in Fig. 3, those portions 4 4 bemg tapered on their inner faces as at 5 5 so as to raw the strands 6 6 together as shown in Fig. 2, when the clamping members 1 1 are clamped together as shown in 1.

When the strands 6 6 are first put in place in the clam they are placed on opposite sides of the 011: 2 in the V-shaped passages 5 5, in a straightened-out position, the rtions 4 4 of each clam ing member 1 on just starting thro h tietgoke 3 of'the opposite portion 1. 1. 0w e nut 7 is tight ened up on the bolt 2 so as to draw the members 1 1 together as shown in Fig. 1, the topered faces 5 5 of the portions 4 4 of each clamp member 1 then forcing the strands 6 6 toga or on each side of the bolt 2 and thereby bendingthe strands 6 6 around the bolt 2 as shown in Fig. 2. The yokcs 3 3 serve to form bearings for the strands out side of the portions 4 4, to hold the strands in nlinement as in Fig. 1. and also to support the portions 4 4 and thus keep them rom bein distorted by excessive stress put. upon the 1t 2 in clamping the stands (3 6 in the clamp.

It will readily be seen that bending the strands 6 6 around the bolt 2 and rlampin them together on opposite sides of the bolt 2 in the V-shaped portions 5 5, as shown in Figs. 1 and '2, gives a great holding power on the strands to pre ent them from being pulled out of the clamp upon excessive stresses therein.

It will be seen that the clamp is very simple in construction and very cheap to manufacture, because the two portions 1 1 are similar and because they can be readily formed out of sheet metal.

The clamp illustrated in Fi 4 is the same as the clamp illustrated in d igs. 1 and 2, except that in the clamp of Fig. 4 the yokes 3 3 of Figs. 1 and 2 are done away with. This construction permits the clampin members 1 a of Fi 4 to be made considerably smaller than 51o members 1 1 of Figs. 1 and 2, but in the clamp of Fig. 4 the members 1 1* should be made somewhat thicker than the members 1 1 of Fi s. 1 and 2 to give the same holding power on the same size strands. i

I do not wish to lilnit this invention to-all of the particular details of construction herein shown, as various modifications may be made in sam without departing from the sec of the appended claims.

1st I claim as my invention is:

1. A clamp of the character described comprising a pair of angularly-formed portions each having a yoke and entensions forming a V-shaped passage, the said extensions on each angularly-formed portion extending throu h the yoke on the other anarly-forme portion, a bolt extending t n-ough the said a ilarly-formed portions ropes or strands p coed between the sci singularly-fanned portions on opposite sides of the bolt and in the said V- 1a ed assages, and a nut on the bolt to be tlghl'BDBd up thereon, whercb the said strands are bent around the b0 t and are clamped together in the V-sha ed passages, for purposes substantially as ascribed.

2. A clump of the character described comprising a pair of clamping members providing a pair 9f converging passages and I As inventor of the foregoing I hereunto 10 means for holdmg ropes or strands 1n the subscribe my name in the presence of two pamges, and means extendxpg through the subscribing witnesses, this 18th day of Sepclampmg members for clampmg same to the lember, 1908. r. ropes or strands, whereby r0 es pr strands 3 t z laced in the clamp on opposite Skies of the I l RAN Cook utter said means are bent around the latter Witnesses: and are clamped mto eontact wlth each C. E. COOK, other in the sand convergmg passages. 1 FREDERICK R. PARKER. 

